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Veda Vyasa is not the origin of the Bhagavad Gita.

Bhagavan is the source of the Bhagavad Gita. Lord Krishna is the speaker of
the Bhagavad Gita; Veda Vyasa is only the compiler, editor, and publisher.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna declares to Arjuna, that He is God. If we
consider Him a LIAR and cannot accept Krishna as God, we cannot understand
the Bhagavad Gita.

Before we can understand the Book, we need to accept the credentials of the
Author. If we do not trust the Author, we will not trust His Bo

Lecture on Vrtrasura by HH Romapada Swami on 31 Oct 2014 at Vrindavan

(HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago.)

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Sunday Feast Lecture on Bhagavad Gita Chapter-18 Text-65 by HH Prahladananda Swami on 23 Nov 2014 at Los Angeles

(Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and rceived both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada.)

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Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam Canto-06 Chapter 16 Text 04 Just Say No by HH Indradyumna Swami on 23 Nov 2014 at Mumbai

(Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition.)

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Lecture on Beyond Illusion Stress and Confusion by HH Bhakti Vikas Swami on 02 Nov 2014 at Chennai

(His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami appeared in this world in 1957 in England. He joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in London in 1975 and was initiated in that year with the name Ilapati dasa by ISKCON’s founder-acarya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. )

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Hare Krsna.

I was reading about Vic DiCara's astrology at Astrological remedies. Two points he mention stuck me:

a) It is not our destiny that must be “remedied,” 

    it is our misuse of free will that requires a cure!

b) A “remedy” is really a treatment 

    to correct the flaw in how we deal with our present,
    and thus create our future.

First and foremost cause of suffering is avidya, lack of knowledge. Thus the most essential of all remedies is knowledge itself.

Then, inattention while chanting the Holy Name. You should chant this Hare Krsna and you should hear also. If your mind is acting, the mind is somewhere else, and you are chanting, that is an offence. You should hear, this is called, Samadhi. If you chant and hear then your mind is interlocked by hearing and chanting, this is samadhi. Samadhi means trance, trance means completely absorbed. So by hearing and chanting act in both ways you’ll be in trance, and that trance will keep you in that tran

The Bhagavad Gita is not a mythological story.

Brought up as most children are, on a diet of comics and super-heroes, it is natural for us to speak of Krishna as one more fictional and mythic hero.

Nevertheless, Krishna is not a myth. He is not the figment of the
imagination of Veda Vyasa. He is not like Superman, Batman, or a hero from Star Wars. He is a genuine historical personality who walked on this earth more than 5,000 years.

Off the coast of Saurashtra, an Indian archeological expedit

TEXT 11

sarva-dvaresu dehe 'smin
prakasa upajayate
jnanam yada tada vidyad
vivrddham sattvam ity uta

SYNONYMS

sarva-dvaresu--all the gates; dehe asmin--in this body; prakasah--quality of illumination; upajayate--develops; jnanam--knowledge; yada--when; tada--at that time; vidyat--must know; vivrddham--increased; sattvam--the mode of goodness; iti--thus; uta--said.

TRANSLATION

The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are illuminated by knowledge.

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Whenever I ger report of my books selling, I feel strength. Regarding book sales figures, please endeavor in this way. This is the only solace of my life. When I hear that my books are selling so nicely, I become energetic like a young man. – Srila Prabhupada, Sep 1974.

The Bhagavad Gita is the song of God.

Some interpreters see the Bhagavad Gita as an allegorical fable and dismiss
the war completely as a literary device.

Comparing Kurukshetra to the body, they believe Arjuna symbolizes the
Jivatma (individual soul) and Krishna the Paramatma (supersoul). The
Kauravas with their opposing army, apparently represent the thousands of
sinful inclinations that confront and threaten to overwhelm the individual
soul.

The battle of Kurukshetra is no fable or myth but

Lecture on On Spiritual Platform Name and Thing are Identical by HH Jayadvaita Swami

(Jayadvaita Swami-editor, publisher, and teacher—is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1968, at the age of nineteen.)

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Sunday Feast Lecture-Haridas Thakuras Disappearance Day and Glories of Srila Jiva Goswami and Bhaktivinoda Thakura by HH Romapada Swami on 07 Sep 2014 at Chicago

(HH Romapada Swami Maharaja is a disciple of ISKCON Founder Acarya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He was first introduced to this movement of Krsna consciousness when he was a college student more than 37 years ago.)

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Lecture on What actually it means to go back to Godhead by chanting 16 rounds by HH Sivarama Swami on 23 Nov 2014 at India

(Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949. His family immigrated to Canada where some years later in 1970 he first came in contact with Srila Prabhupada's teachings, via his transcendental books. He became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace in 1973 and accepted the renounced order of life in 1979.)

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Lecture on Thoughts on Thanksgiving by HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu

(HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu is a celibate spiritual teacher (brahmachari) at ISKCON, Pune. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Govt College of Engg, Pune. He is a member of ISKCON's topmost intellectual body)

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Hare Krishna,

Dandavat Pranams. Pls accept my humble obeisances.

To be honest, I have no qualification and with Giriraj Prabhuji setting such high standards that I almost feel ashamed and shy in penning my realizations……however I am still writing per instructions from my dear friend HG Giriraj Prabhu for whom I have very high respect and undoubtedly inexplicable love…

It is all due to causeless mercy of my Guru that he asked me to accompany him as his servant in USA. I reached here on 21st Nov 2014

TEXT 10

rajas tamas cabhibhuya
sattvam bhavati bharata
rajah sattvam tamas caiva
tamah sattvam rajas tatha

SYNONYMS

rajah--mode of passion; tamah--mode of ignorance; ca--also; abhibhuya--also surpassing; sattvam--mode of goodness; bhavati--becomes prominent; bharata--O son of Bharata; rajah--mode of passion; sattvam--mode of goodness; tamah--mode of ignorance; ca--also; eva--like that; tamah--mode of ignorance; sattvam--mode of goodness; rajah--mode of passion; tatha--as in this.

TRANSLATION

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"What is the use of your two minures of preaching? The person will hear and go away but if he takes a book he is eternally benefited." - Srila Prabhupada.

Lecture On Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 11 Chapter 03 Text 30 Service in the Association of Devotees in and itself is greatest reward of Krishna by HG Shikshashtakam Prabhu

(HG Shikshastakam Prabhu has served Indian Air Force for 7 years. During his tenure he was selected as a fighter pilot and also represented Indian Air Force in National Tennis Championship. He is serving ISKCON since 1998 as a fulltime preacher.)

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